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Stranded fishermen try to free themselves after they got stuck in water hyacinth in Lake Victoria on December 2, 2020. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

One day in 2021, Joseph Nguthiru and his classmates ventured out for a boat ride on Lake Naivasha.

What started as an exciting and fun-filled adventure ended up being a scary situation after the boat got stuck due to a hyacinth invasion in the lake.

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